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python 1 liner for xml pretty print with standard input
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| $ cat sample.xml | python -c "import sys; from xml.dom.minidom import parse; print parse(sys.stdin).toprettyxml(indent=' ')" |
To avoid empty lines:
python3 -c "import sys; from xml.dom.minidom import parse; print('\n'.join([line for line in parse(sys.stdin).toprettyxml().split('\n') if line.strip()]))"
ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14479656/empty-lines-while-using-minidom-toprettyxml
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or for python3:
python -c "import sys; from xml.dom.minidom import parse; print(parse(sys.stdin).toprettyxml(indent=' '))"